Ramblings

The no TV was great. It is now working, but I have read three books and worked on other things around the house. I even listened on line to the Archers which was recommended by my friend in the UK, even though I need to read up on who the various characters are to really appreciate it.

The first round of interviews for the new Executive Director of Faith in Action is complete. The second round with the top three is in the hands of the Vice President. I feel very relieved that my part is over. In this organization you can be very involved if you choose. We are now looking for officers for next year. DH would take away my car keys if he knew I would even consider any such position. In the ten years that I have been involved I have held each of the four officer positions (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer). I really need to give it some serious thought as to how I want to spend my time. Even as I write this, I know that it strengthens the organization to give new people responsibility. They then take ownership.

No TV

We are on our second day without cable TV. Something happened at Time Warner and the TV signal is not working. We have high speed internet with them and that works fine. I called the company and got a recording that it is wide spread and they are working on it.

I have read that it takes 30 days to change a habit, so I can only hope that it is not up and running for 30 days. Obvious we do not have the will on our own to not watch for 30 days.

How will DH and I spend our time? It will be an interesting experiment. Last night we sat and talked in detail about his projects at work. How would you spend your time with no TV?

November snow

The winter snow has arrived. As I drove to my 7:30 AM meeting in Medina, I had to test the anti-lock brakes a couple of times. Once, when I was not even driving that fast (40 mph) I was starting to think about taking the ditch, but managed to stop. The problem was that I was not following the driving rules from DH: " Always look at what is happening 12 seconds ahead". We will get an inch or two, but it sounds like it will melt in a day. So no shoveling is involved, not that I do that anyway.

News and more news

Last Saturday we had dinner with son and family. "Grapegrandma" as K calls d-i-l's grandmother was visiting from MN. Her parents were also at the dinner. Son and wife had "Grapegrandma" open a package. She is holding up the contents. It took us all a moment to understand the message they were giving us. We are all excited that they are having a boy.




The other news is that son, after 10 years I think, got an eye exam and has a new pair of glasses. He purchased them on the internet site his sister has noted on her blog. Here is a picture of the glasses. Sorry about the flash reflection.

I have been involved with the selection of a new Executive Director for Faith in Action. DH asked "And what committee are you on?" when I told him that I was interviewing. Our President is out on medical leave which left one person on the Personnel committee to do it. So I put the ad in the paper, called candidates, scheduled the interviews, wrote the questions for the interview and then was at each one. We have interviewed six people and have one to go. We have very qualified candidates, which does make the selection more difficult. But that is good for the organization.

November 4th and an Announcement

Election day for me was a long day. I got up at 5:00 AM, was at the polls at 5:45 and stayed until about 8:30 PM. We are a rather small precinct, so did not have lines longer that 15 at a time. I am still amazed at the details that have to be followed both at the Board of Elections (where we sent out about 20,000 early ballots) and at the actual voting. At both places there always has to be a Democrat and Republican working on something together.

Now on the to the important part - the results. I was thrilled that Obama won. I still get a sick feeling in my stomach when I think that Sara P could have ended up as our president. But it was not to be.

Halloween has come and gone. I will at least post a couple of pictures of K the Bee.


This is K with her cousin, M. Note how she loves to hold her, which is good because she needs practice for when her little brother or sister arrives in March. I saved the best information for the last.